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very pleasant taste. 2 friendly, affable, amiable, amicable,<br />

gregarious, companionable, sociable, engaging, attractive,<br />

winning, open, approachable, outgoing, welcoming, hospitable,<br />

agreeable, gracious, charming, congenial, genial, nice,<br />

likeable, urbane, cultivated, genteel, polite, courteous,<br />

well-mannered, suave, debonair, polished, well-bred, cultured:<br />

Murray always has a pleasant expression on his face. He is quite<br />

a pleasant fellow, once you get to know him. 3 fair, sunny,<br />

clear, bright, cloudless, balmy, nice, fine: What a pleasant<br />

day for an outing in the country!<br />

please v. 1 delight, gratify, satisfy, suit, humour, content, cheer,<br />

gladden, amuse, divert, interest, entertain: I cannot tell you<br />

how much it pleases me to see you again. 2 like, prefer,<br />

choose, desire, want, see fit, wish, will, elect, opt: She may<br />

have her birthday party wherever she pleases.<br />

pleased adj. happy, delighted, glad, gratified, satisfied, contented,<br />

thrilled; Colloq tickled pink, pleased as Punch, on cloud nine,<br />

in seventh heaven, on top <strong>of</strong> the world, walking on air, Brit<br />

over the moon, chuffed: His pleased look comes from his having<br />

won first prize.<br />

pleasing adj. 1 See pleasant, 1, above. 2 See pleasant, 2, above.<br />

pleasurable<br />

adj. See pleasant, 1, above.<br />

pleasure n. 1 enjoyment, happiness, delight, joy, satisfaction,<br />

fulfilment, contentment, gratification; comfort, recreation,<br />

amusement, entertainment, diversion: It is a pleasure to meet<br />

you at last. Fred derives so much pleasure from tinkering with<br />

his model railways. 2 choice, option, desire, wish, preference,<br />

fancy, inclination, discretion: Feel free to come and go at<br />

your pleasure.<br />

plebeian adj. 1 proletarian, working-class, blue-collar, low-class,<br />

lower-class, lowly, low-born, common, mean, humble, inferior,<br />

peasant-like, Colloq non-U: What would you expect from someone<br />

with such a plebeian background? 2 unrefined, coarse, vulgar,<br />

ignoble, lowbrow, unpolished, uncouth, crass, brutish, gauche,<br />

provincial, rustic, popular, commonplace, undistinguished: <strong>The</strong><br />

entertainment caters to the most plebeian tastes.

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